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More Than $14 Million in SNAP Benefits Have Been Stolen From New Yorkers After Reimbursement Program’s End

This year alone, thousands of low-income New Yorkers have had benefits stolen from their EBT cards, which allow them to buy food at certain stores. “It was very hard,” one…

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Governor Signs Bill Banning NY Landlords From Setting Rents via Algorithms

The legislation prohibits property owners or managers from using software that relies on private information to set rents, what lawmakers say amounts to price-fixing and artificially inflates the cost of…

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New Development Team Promises Atlantic Yards Progress, But Housing Penalties Called ‘Insufficient’

The new development team—the third since the megaproject was announced in 2003—has agreed to pay $12 million as they plan a new way forward. A key advocate deemed that “insufficient”…

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How To Get Help If You Live in an Apartment With Project-Based Rental Assistance

A City Limits investigation revealed significant issues with the program, which helps some 100,000 New Yorkers afford housing at buildings across the city. Here’s how to know if you live…

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PODCAST: ¿Están atrapando a ciudadanos estadounidenses en operaciones de inmigración?

Ciudadanos estadounidenses —muchos de ellos hombres latinos— han sido detenidos en interacciones con ICE como comúnmente se conoce al Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU.

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Ballot Measures Fight Enters Final Month, and What Else Happened in Housing This Week

Councilmembers and unions on one side, housers and the Charter Commission on the other. Two sides of the debate over new ballot measures have different ideas of how to secure…

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Participants in City Agency-Funded Adult Literacy, English Classes Dipped After Contracting Overhaul

In the most recent fiscal year that ended in June, 13,429 participants took part in Department of Youth and Community Development-funded adult literacy programs, a 26 percent drop from the…

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City-Issued Violations at NYCHA Developments Are Now Public, Following Legal Settlement

NYCHA residents can now look up housing code violations for their buildings online, something tenants in privately-owned properties have long been able to do. The new data comes a week after…

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A New School Year is Here—And So Are School Bus Delays

Approximately 150,000 New York City children ride buses to school, including around 66,000 students with disabilities and students living in temporary housing. When there’s a problem with bus service, these…

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Tenants Protest Final Rent Hike Under Eric Adams, and What Else Happened this Week in Housing

Rent increases on stabilized units took effect this week. Tenants and mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani rallied to protest the change, which they hope will be the last for four years.

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